Logan Watts

In our search for the perfect ‘one pair’ shoe for extended bikepacking trips, we put the super-comfy and ultra-sticky Freerider Contact to a 800 mile test in southern Spain.

In the first of a three part series, Logan and Virginia set out to explore a 2,000km Trans-Uganda off road loop, circumnavigating this small nation in equatorial East Africa.

Two-wheeled exploration often unearths interesting and obscure places that might otherwise go unnoticed, be they historical, architectural, or even artistic. In our series ‘Found’, we report on such discoveries… ones that can only made possible via slow, methodical movement through off-the-beaten-path corners of the world. Enjoy the first installment; if you’ve made a discovery of your own, and have photography to support it, then drop us a line.

Our journey from Cadiz to Valencia is in the books. The route didn’t pan out exactly as we’d planned prior to leaving the U.S. But, as with everything else in life, the experience along the way changed our course.

In the fall of 2013, Revelate Designs released the Terrapin, the first seat pack to combine a removable waterproof drybag with a holster-like mount. The latest version improves on this original design in several ways. Having had a chance to beat one up on a big trip in southern Spain, here’s what we found…

The new WTB Trail Boss 3.0 trail tested on the rocky tracks, rugged roads, and endless pisté of southern Spain; here are our impressions after over eight hundred miles of hard riding.

Thoughts, or lack thereof, from our explorations in the Sierra Nevada, Sierra De Baza, and Sierra de Cazorla mountains…

For the launch of their new adventure rig, the RLT 9, Niner Bikes teamed up with Kitsbow, WTB, Big Agnes, and Blackburn for a 197 mile, Coloradan bikepack…

Bikepackers are increasingly choosing quilts over traditional mummy bags, largely because they’re lighter, simpler, and less bulky. But both have their place. Discover the pros and cons in our comparative review, featuring two of the top-rated ultralight options on the market…

‘The Trail to Kazbegi’ follows four riders on an epic bikepacking expedition through the Republic of Georgia’s Caucasus Mountains. shot by Joey Schusler, the film beautifully captures the culture, adventure, suffering, and incredible singletrack found along the way …

The latest video gem by Sam Needham isn’t about bikepacking; it’s about the process of linking landscapes through a vast network of natural terrain… and this is at the core of bikepacking.